Chair.



Patented October 6, 1903..

PATENT OFFICE.

LEON H. CLARK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

y CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,531, dated October 6, 1903.

Application filed July 19, 1902. Serial No. 116,143. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may con/cern'.- Y

Be it known that I, LEON H. OLARK, a.eiti zen of the United States, residing at Philadel" phia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new` and useful Improvements in Chairs, of which the following is a specication;

Myinventionrelates toimprovements in that class of chairs having hinged or movable backs commonly known as recliuingchairs;7 and it consists in devices for shifting the red from the notches which support the back without stooping to raise the same, so that the inclination of the back may be adjusted by simply moving the same forward and backward in a' manner hereinafter fully described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the speciiication, Figure l illustrates a side elevation of a chair embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 illustrates aj rear elevation of the same.

Referring to the reference-letters of the drawings, A represents the base or body of the chair, and B the movable back, which is hinged in a suitable manner at points B. At the sides of the chair-body aresecured brackets C U, each of which has t`wo arms, one of which is provided with a number of projecting teeth forming a series of notchesY c for the reception of a rod or b ar E and with a curved end c to release the bar. The other arm, C', projects upwardly and is slightly curved.

Fastened to the back B of the chair are arms D D, each having at the top a slotted opening d to receive the rod E.

The function which the above-mentioned parts perform is as follows: When the back B is in the position shown in Fig. l and it isV desiredV to give it less incline, the back is moved forward. The arm D will carry the rod E up the incline, 'and it will fall into one of the notches le in advance of the one it at present occupies and will continue to so act until the rod has reached the inclined end c', when the rod is thrown backward into the slotted end d of the arm D, which releases the red from engagement' with the toothed claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

isi l. The'combination in a chair of the bod-y, a movable back, notched brackets secured 'to the body, a rod adapted to engage the notches in the brackets, notched arms ser' cured- Vto the back adapted to move said rod forward and backward, and arms projecting from the brackets adapted, upon the backward movement of the back, to engage and release said rod from the notches in said Ynotched arms.

2. The combination in a chair, of a body portion, a movable back, notched brackets secured upon the sides of the back of the body portion, a movable rod adapted to engage the notches in said brackets successively, means, carried by the movable back, for carrying said rod, upon an upward movement of said back, from a lower to a higher ,set of notches,`means carried by said back Vfor engaging said rod and lifting it from the upper notehes'in said brackets, and means carriedby the body portion of saidv chair for disengaging said rod from said engaging and lifting means and for returning it to the bottom of said notched brackets upon a backward movement of said back.

3. A reclining-chair comprising a body portien, brackets secured thereto each having two projecting arms, one arm of which is provided with notches and with a curved end, a hinged back,` arms fastened tothe back each having a slotted end,a rodextendingacross the back of the chair and carried by said arms, the ends ofthe rod being adapted to enter the notches of the brackets and to be carried by the arms so as to register with the returned to engagement with the bracket several notches of the brackets when the back when moved in the opposite direction. I is moved forward, to be released from en- In testimony whereof I afx my signature gagement with the brackets when moved to in presence of two witnesses. extreme limit of its forward movement, and LEON H. CLARK. brought into engagement with the slotted Witnesses:

ends of the arms of the back, and to be re GEORGE W. SELTZER,

leased from the slotted ends of said arms and JOHN P. GLONINGER. 

